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1939-1945 As I Remember
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War
A senior non-commissioned officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry describes the final years of mounted cavalry in the British Army. The regiment's campaigns in the Middle East, El Alamein, and the fight through Italy in 1944 are described by the author who is later commissioned; always working tirelessly to keep his regiment supplied in war.
ISBN-13: 9781781558652 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Leslie C. Wheeler, Stephen Keoghane
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AUD $80.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 27/05/2022
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Regiments [JWTR]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Understand the Weapon, Understand the Wound 2/e
Poems and letters about love, war and suffering from anti-fascist Byronic figure, killed during battle in 1936
ISBN-13: 9781784102487 (Paperback)
Publisher: CARCANET PRESS
Imprint: FYFIELD BOOKS
John Cornford
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AUD $24.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 13/09/2016
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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LIGHTNING RIDGE
In the 22nd edition of this book, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian Outback which illumines all his work. He tells of the jobs he had, - as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse tailer, shearer.
ISBN-13: 9781922384966 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
Ion Idriess
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 3 in stock
Local release date: 23/10/2020
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]True stories [BT]True stories: discovery / historical / scientific [BTH]

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Four Wars, Five Presidents
A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House
Terence Smiths memoir recounts his extraordinary journalistic career with The New York Times, CBS News and PBS, covering everything from the inner workings of the White House to fours wars and stories drawn from the daily lives of people in 44 countries. He also provides a first-hand account of the evolution of journalism from print to digital.
ISBN-13: 9781538160619 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Terence Smith
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AUD $57.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 15/10/2021
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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A Bradford Pal
`It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of F
This is the story of an individual soldier's service in a Pals battalion based on his 1916 diary and researched and presented by his son.
ISBN-13: 9781911604945 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
John Broadhead
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AUD $44.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 08/07/2019
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Diaries, letters & journals [BJ]First World War [HBWN]c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) [3JJF]

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Carys
Diary of a young girl, Adelaide 1940-42
In 1940 a seventeen year old girl called Carys Harding Browne comes of age in Adelaide, Australia. At St Mark's College, young, clever men meet together to share their love of poetry. However by December 1940, St Mark's College is leased to the Royal Australian Air Force as an embarkation depot. The Second World War is in earnest.
ISBN-13: 9781925706291 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
Carys Harding Browne
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AUD $27.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 01/05/2018
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Diaries, letters & journals [BJ]Memoirs [BM]

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Liberators Over the Atlantic
A compelling account of a young man's flying experiences over the north Atlantic during WW2. Joining the RAF in October 1940 aged 21 Jack is sent to Canada to learn to fly. On becoming a Pilot/Navigator he joins Coastal Command on Liberators based in Iceland, renowned for its bad weather. The difficulties encountered hunting U-boats are relived.
ISBN-13: 9781781556504 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Jack Colman, Dr. Richard Colman
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AUD $66.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 01/03/2018
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Air forces & warfare [JWG]Military aircraft [JWMV3]

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HEADHUNTERS OF THE CORAL SEA
The story of survivors of the shipwreck of the Charles Eaton in the Torres Strait in 1834, through the eyes of young John Ireland who befriends the Mer Islanders; and their eventual rescue.
ISBN-13: 9781922473073 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: IMPRINT CLASSICS
Ion Idriess
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AUD $24.95
Stock: 1 in stock
Local release date: 11/12/2020
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Lightning Ridge 23/e
The Land of the Black Opals
In the 23rd edition of this Imprint Classic, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian Outback which illumines all his work. He tells of the jobs he had, - as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse tailer, shearer - and of his ......
ISBN-13: 9781923205116 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: IMPRINT CLASSICS
Ion Idriess
Price:
AUD $29.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 01/07/2024
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]